Wed.Apr 28, 2021

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And the Oscar Goes To….Power to the Patients!

Health Populi

Health care has increased its role in popular culture over the years. In movies in particular, we’ve seen health care costs and hassles play featured in plotlines in As Good as it Gets [theme: health insurance coverage], M*A*S*H [war and its medical impacts are hell], and Philadelphia [HIV/AIDS in the era of The Band Played On], among dozens of others.

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Treating Our Patients Like Family: Developing Resources and Infrastructure to Promote Equity

Hospital Medicine

This article is part of a series in The Hospital Leader written by members of the Division of Hospital Medicine at Dell Medical School at The University of Texas in Austin, exploring lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic and outlining an approach for creating COVID-19 Centers of Excellence. “¡Por favor sálvenlo!” “Please, save him.” The [.].

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Tackling racism in health care

Healthy Debate

The post Tackling racism in health care appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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